Robert H. Austin

27.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
262 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Robert H. Austin is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert H. Austin has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 90 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Robert H. Austin's work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (73 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (58 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (34 papers). Robert H. Austin is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (73 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (58 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (34 papers). Robert H. Austin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Robert H. Austin's co-authors include James C. Sturm, Edward C. Cox, Lotien Richard Huang, Hans Frauenfelder, L. Eisenstein, Robert Riehn, I. C. Gunsalus, James P. Brody, Jonas O. Tegenfeldt and Stephen Y. Chou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert H. Austin

250 papers receiving 20.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Dynamics of ligand binding to myoglobin

1975 1.3k citations Robert H. Austin et al. profile →
Continuous Particle Separation Through Deterministic Lateral Displacement

2004 1.3k citations Edward C. Cox, Robert H. Austin et al. profile →
Hydrodynamic Focusing on a Silicon Chip: Mixing Nanoliters in Microseconds

1998 686 citations Robert H. Austin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Proteins: A Theoretical Perspective of Dynamics, Structure and Thermodynamics

1990 602 citations Robert H. Austin et al. profile →
Force mapping in epithelial cell migration

2005 602 citations Olivia du Roure, Alexandre Saez et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Deterministic hydrodynamics: Taking blood apart

2006 495 citations John A. Davis, David W. Inglis et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nanoscale lateral displacement arrays for the separation of exosomes and colloids down to 20 nm

2016 478 citations Robert H. Austin et al. profile →
Updating the Definition of Cancer

2023 263 citations Joel S. Brown, Sarah R. Amend et al. profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert H. Austin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert H. Austin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert H. Austin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert H. Austin. Robert H. Austin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phosphorescence-based O 2 sensing reveals size-dependent survival and motility of metastatic prostate cancer cells in self-generated hypoxia 2025 ·iScience ·(unknown), (unknown), Yihua Zhao, Junle Qu, Yusha Sun, George B. Butler, Sarah R. Amend, Emma U. Hammarlund, Robert A. Gatenby, Joel S. Brown, Kenneth J. Pienta, Trung V. Phan, (unknown), (unknown), Robert H. Austin	0
2	Escherichia coli survival in response to ciprofloxacin antibiotic stress correlates with increased nucleoid length and effective misfolded protein management 2023 ·Royal Society Open Science ·George B. Butler, Julia Bos, Robert H. Austin, Sarah R. Amend, Kenneth J. Pienta	3
3	Exploration of drug resistance mechanisms in triple negative breast cancer cells using a microfluidic device and patient tissues 2023 ·eLife ·Wanyoung Lim, (unknown), Jiande Zhang, Zhenzhong Chen, Jeonghun Han, Jae‐Hyung Jeon, Bon‐Kyoung Koo, Sangmin Kim, Jeong Eon Lee, (unknown), Kenneth J. Pienta, Sarah R. Amend, Robert H. Austin, Jee‐Yin Ahn, Sungsu Park	6
4	Modeling cancer’s ecological and evolutionary dynamics 2023 ·Medical Oncology ·(unknown), Kenneth J. Pienta, (unknown), Robert H. Austin, Emma U. Hammarlund, Sarah R. Amend, Joel S. Brown	5
5	The contribution of evolvability to the eco‐evolutionary dynamics of competing species 2023 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Kenneth J. Pienta, Sarah R. Amend, Robert H. Austin, Emma U. Hammarlund, Joel S. Brown	8
6	Stochastic models of Mendelian and reverse transcriptional inheritance in state-structured cancer populations 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Kenneth J. Pienta, Robert H. Austin, Emma U. Hammarlund, Sarah R. Amend, Joel S. Brown	10
7	Robots as models of evolving systems 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gao Wang, Trung V. Phan, (unknown), Jing Wang, Yan Peng, Guo Chen, Junle Qu, Daniel I. Goldman, Simon A. Levin, Kenneth J. Pienta, Sarah R. Amend, Robert H. Austin, Liyu Liu	16
8	Emergent Field-Driven Robot Swarm States 2021 ·Physical Review Letters ·Gao Wang, Trung V. Phan, (unknown), (unknown), Junle Qu, Yan Peng, Guo Chen, Daniel I. Goldman, Simon A. Levin, Robert H. Austin, Liyu Liu	54
9	The Emergence of Polyploid Giant Cancer Cells as the Reservoir of Theraputic Resistance 2018 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), Gonzalo Torga, James C. Sturm, Kenneth J. Pienta, Robert H. Austin	1
10	Emergence of antibiotic resistance from multinucleated bacterial filaments 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Julia Bos, Qiucen Zhang, Saurabh Vyawahare, Elizabeth J. Rogers, Susan M. Rosenberg, Robert H. Austin	162
11	Bacteria and game theory: the rise and fall of cooperation in spatially heterogeneous environments 2014 ·Interface Focus ·Guillaume Lambert, Saurabh Vyawahare, Robert H. Austin	31
12	Probing the invasiveness of prostate cancer cells in a 3D microfabricated landscape 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Liyu Liu, Bo Sun, Jonas N. Pedersen, Koh Meng Aw Yong, Robert H. Getzenberg, Howard A. Stone, Robert H. Austin	31
13	Bacterial metapopulations in nanofabricated landscapes 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Juan E. Keymer, Péter Galajda, (unknown), Sungsu Park, Robert H. Austin	124
14	Continuous separation of serum from human whole blood within a microfluidic device 2006 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·John A. Davis, David W. Inglis, James C. Sturm, Robert H. Austin	1
15	Force mapping in epithelial cell migration breakdown → 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Olivia du Roure, Alexandre Saez, Axel Buguin, Robert H. Austin, Philippe Chavrier, (unknown), Benoît Ladoux	602
16	Reply to ``Comment on `Insulating Behavior of $\lambda$-DNA on the Micron Scale' " 2004 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·(unknown), Robert H. Austin, (unknown), N. P. Ong	2
17	Influence of topology on bacterial social interaction 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sungsu Park, Peter M. Wolanin, Emil A. Yuzbashyan, Hai Lin, Nicholas C. Darnton, Jeffry B. Stock, Pascal Silberzan, Robert H. Austin	143
18	On the electrical conductivity of lambda DNA at micron length-scales 2002 ·APS March Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Robert H. Austin, N. P. Ong, (unknown)	0
19	DNA Trapping by Electrodeless Dielectrophoresis 2000 ·APS March Meeting Abstracts ·Chia‐Fu Chou, Jonas O. Tegenfeldt, Olgica Bakajin, Shirley S. Chan, Edward C. Cox, Robert H. Austin	1
20	Electrohydrodynamic Stretching of DNA in Confined Environments 1998 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Olgica Bakajin, Thomas Duke, Chia‐Fu Chou, S. S. Chan, Robert H. Austin, Elizabeth H. Cox	2

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